con·flate  (k n-fl t )
tr.v. con·flat·ed, con·flat·ing, con·flates
1. To bring together; meld or fuse: "The problems [with the biopic] include . . . dates moved around, lovers deleted, many characters conflated into one" (Ty Burr).
2. To combine (two variant texts, for example) into one whole.
[Latin c
 nflre, cnflt- : com-, com- + flre, to blow; see bhl - in Indo-European roots.]
con·fla
tion n. |
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Sister Jen reads a lot of books, but if I read too many too quickly, I conflate their story lines and before you know it Romeo put the glass slipper on the wolf that was disguised as grandma.
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